Synonyms of graves

graves 1 of 2

noun

plural of grave

1

as in tombs

a final resting place for a dead person

the forlorn boy put flowers on his mother's grave

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tombs
• cemeteries
• burials
• sepulchres
• churchyards
• graveyards
• mausoleums
• vaults
• crypts
• catacombs
• columbaria
• sepultures
• tumuli
• barrows
• mounds
• charnels
• potter's fields

2

as in deaths

the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities

a rock star who found his early grave in a plane crash

Synonyms & Similar Words

• deaths
• fates
• demises
• passings
• curtains
• deceases
• dooms
• passages
• sleeps
• dissolutions
• suicides
• exits
• expirations
• ends
• ruins
• fatalities
• assassinations
• casualties
• great divides
• quietuses
• destructions
• martyrdoms
• killings
• endings
• expiries
• executions
• massacres
• exterminations
• annihilations
• slaughters
• self-slaughters
• self-murders
• self-destructions

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• births
• lives
• existences
• nativities
• creations
• rises
• originations
• geneses

graves

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of grave

as in etches

to cut (as letters or designs) on a hard surface

the doomed climber graved his initials into the rock face

Synonyms & Similar Words

• etches
• engraves
• inscribes
• traces
• sculpts
• carves
• incises
• sculptures
• insculps
• chisels
• indents
• grooves
• notches
• affixes
• scores
• chases
• impresses

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of graves

Noun

During the Qingming Festival, observed each year in April, families visit ancestral graves with food offerings and burn incense and paper replicas of everyday goods for their ancestors. — ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026

In June 2017, nothing came from several graves being examined in a Dudley cemetery. — Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 13 Sep. 2026

Instead, the ghosts of flower power rose from their graves and cursed the entire Sex Squadron with a thundercloud of paranoia from all the bad acid trips ever to hit Haight-Ashbury. — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026

Among them is a simple farmer (a terrific Andrew Garfield) whose miserable, solitary life is illustrated by his relentless plowing of his fields and the three graves, marked by one large and two small crosses, that occupy his land. — Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2026

At nearby Mount Elliott Cemetery, huge limbs and some whole trees had fallen, covering graves and blocking roads. — John Wisely, Freep.com, 4 Sep. 2026

Authorities in Nepal have been burying bodies in temporary graves until they can be identified. — Shristi Kafle, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026

Ytre Norskøya contains graves and remains of blubber ovens from the early whaling era. — Sarah Kingdom, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026

Verb

In one cemetery, families of deceased cartel operatives erected graves the size of suburban homes. — Kevin Sieff, The Atlantic, 13 Aug. 2026

Aprendi no que consiste o verdadeiro alimento há muitos anos, quando tive problemas estomacais tão graves que só conseguia reter os alimentos mais básicos. — Blithe Holcomb Hogan, Christian Science Monitor, 8 July 2026

Las acciones de Google son especialmente insensibles y graves ante el cierre administrativo temporal del gobierno (shutdown), ignorando las peticiones de funcionarios gubernamentales y organizaciones hispanas que les solicitaron mantener la programación de Univision en el paquete principal. — Todd Spangler, Variety, 1 Oct. 2025